The Good Girlfriend

Alanah Andrews is an English teacher in Australia, who dreams of one day traveling the world in a bus. If you like her writing, check out her website: www.alanahandrews.com

The Good Girlfriend

When we first started dating, I thought it was cute that he played video games. He would sit on the worn couch for hours, tongue stuck halfway out in concentration as he lined the head of an enemy up in the crosshairs of his sniper’s rifle.

I was always the good girlfriend, cheering him along as he jabbed the controls like an excited child.

Eventually, realising he paid more attention to the characters in his virtual world than to me, I gave him an ultimatum.